Listing
Listing adjective - Inclined or twisted to one side.
Usage example: the listing battleship limped back to port for repairs
Straight
Straight adjective - Free from irregularities or digressions in course.
Both words in one sentence
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Just listing the main characters is a spoiler, as the series plays Five-Man Band straight, deconstructs and slowly averts it.
Source: Walking Spoiler - Chances are you'll have a far easier time listing which members of the female cast aren't a straight-laced example of this trope.
Source: Manhua / The Celestial Zone
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